Chemical analysis of carbon films on Japanese smoked roof tile "Ibushi Kawara" by soft X-ray spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation

Muramatsu, Yasuji

Microstructure and weathering effects of carbon films on the Japanese smoked roof tile "Ibushi-Kawara" were investigated by soft X-ray spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation. The take-off/incident-angle dependence on the X-ray emission/absorption spectra of Kawara shows that the carbon-black-like sp2 carbon atoms partially form a layer structure oriented parallel to the basal clay plane, and that the degree of orientation of the carbon films is estimated to be 50% that of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG). X-ray absorption measurements revealed that weathering oxidizes the carbon films and partial carboxy chemical bonding occurs.